Editing Jimmy Durante (section)

==Legacy==
Since Durante's death, his songs have featured in several films. [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Kim Basinger]] performed impressions of Durante from ''The Man Who Came to Dinner'', singing "Did You Ever Have the Feeling" in 1988's ''[[My Stepmother Is an Alien]]''.<ref>{{AFI film|58978|title=My Stepmother Is an Alien}}</ref> His performance of "[[Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra song)|Young at Heart]]" was featured in ''[[City Slickers]]'' (1991),<ref>{{AFI film|58801|title=City Slickers}}</ref> and his versions of "As Time Goes By" and "Make Someone Happy" played over the opening and closing credits of ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993). [[Michael J. Fox]] performed an impression of Durante singing "Inka Dinka Doo" in 1994's ''[[Greedy (film)|Greedy]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/greedy-1994|date=March 4, 1994|work=RogerEbert.com|access-date=October 14, 2019|title=Greedy (film review)}}</ref> His rendition of "[[Smile (Charlie Chaplin song)|Smile]]" was in the film ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (2019) and its trailer.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[Slate.com]]|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/10/joker-movie-review-joaquin-phoenix-violence.html|last=Stevens|first=Dana|title=The Real Reason to Skip Joker Is That It's Boring|date=October 3, 2019|access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/joker-trailer-teaser-joaquin-phoenix-1203179407/|last=Khatchatourian|first=Maane|title='Joker' Trailer Offers First Look at Joaquin Phoenix's Villain|date=April 3, 2019|access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref> His rendition of "[[The Glory of Love (Benny Goodman song)|The Glory of Love]]" was also used in the end credits of the horror film ''[[Orphan (2009 film)|Orphan]]'' (2009), and in its prequel, ''[[Orphan: First Kill]]'' (2022), with a rendition of it sung by [[Isabelle Fuhrman]]. His song "The Day I Read a Book" is regularly played on [[NPR]]'s ''[[Weekend Edition]]'' before author interviews and reviews.
Also featured in sketches by British Comedians Morecambe & Wise. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Morecambe+&+Wise+jimmy+durante+sketch&+Wise+jimmy+durante+sketch#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:9d9737ba,vid:TcvDI6y8d4I,st:0|title=Google Search|website=Google.com|access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref>